Ballet slipper



Oct. 30, 1928. 1,689,535v

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UNITED STATES MAX. I. ROVICK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BALLET SLIPPER.

Application led December 7, 1925.

My invention relates to ballet slippers, more particularly to ballet slippers of the type having toe portions designed for toe dancing, and my inventon has for its main object the provision of an improved slipper for toe dancers which will embody certain desired features of simplicity and efficiency and which will be economical in manufacture and durable in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which, y

Fig. 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, showing a ballet shoe embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 represents atop plan view of the shoe, parts being broken away Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken substantially upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1

Fig. 4 represents an underneath plan view of a slipper made in accordance with the present invention, parts being broken away;

Fig. 5 represents an underneath plan view of the outer reinforcing member; and

Fig. 6 represents a view in perspective of the inner reinforcing member.

The preferred embodiment of my invention,

` as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, comprises a ballet slipper 7 having an insole 8 and an outsole 9 whose front end terminates a distance back of the front end of the insole, and having a front portion 10 consisting of an inner lining 11 and an outer covering 12, which constitute part of the toe portion 13, t-he inner lining 11 extending back of the front extremity of the insole 8 and being curved upon itself to produce a filling 14 which overlies the outer face ofthe insole, while the outer covering 12 extends between the insole 8 and outsole 9, as best illustrated in Fig. 1.

My invention, in its preferred embodiment, includes means comprising sheets or layers of suitable raw-hide for shaping and reinforcing the toe portion for toe dancing, the sheets or layers of raw-hide being arranged between the inner lining and outer covering and made fast therewith by suitable adhesive and also being associated with the insole and outsole, so as to produce a toe portion for toe dancing which' will be durable in use and which will Serial No. 73,608.

toes for toe dancing.

In rig. e, i illustrate in dean the einer haw-hide reinforcing sheet or layer, shaped to form a tip 15 and comprising a curved front portion 16 and top and bottom portions 17 and 18. This raw-hide layer or tip 15 is arranged between the inner lining 11 and outer covering 12 with the top part 17 commencing in the top portion 10 of the shoe and the bottom part 18 extending over the insole 8 and into the filling 14. A second layer or sheet of raw-hide, illustrated in detail in Fig. 5 and ldesignated by the numeral 19, is arranged between the raw-hide layer or tip 15 and the outer covering 12. This rawhide layer or sheet also extends beyond the boundary lines of the inner raw-hide Sheet or layer 15, the top edge 20 of said sheet or layer 19 commencing just below the binding 21 of the slipper and extending downwardly across opposite sides of the foot and thence inwardly on a line 22 between the insole 8 and outsole 9. The inner and outer rawhide layers or sheets are firmly pressed together to produce a compact toe portion, suitable paste or adhesive substance having first been placed between their contacting surfaces. The toe portion ofthe usual shoe designed for toe dancing is customarily reinforced by Celluloid, which is brittle and which when once broken renders it useless as reinforcing means for the foot of the dancer. The dancing shoes made with the raw-hide reinforcement, as herein described, suitably reinforce the foot for toe dancing and yet` do not break so that the toe portions, even after beingdistorted under dancing pressure, will be restored to their proper shape as soon as the pressure is removed.v

While I have illustrated and described the preferred. form of construction for carrying my invention into eect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing v:from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

1. In a ballet slipper having a toe portion within and extending beyond the boundary lines of the toe portion; and a second stiening layer embedded within the toe portion and extending beyond the boundary lines of 5 the first named stifening layer, substantially as described.

2. In a ballet slipper having a toe portion for toe dancing, an insole extending to the toe portion and an outsole terminating at a 10 point distant from the forward extremity of th-e insole, an inner lining and an outer covering extending across the toe portion and eX- tending, respectively, to points back of the 

